Download Pathogen Wanted Poster Research Project

Pathogen Wanted Poster Research Project
For this project, you be will be researching one of the pathogens in the list below
and you will produce a "Wanted Poster." In this project, you will be working individually.
You will be able to choose one of the pathogens below and you will sign up for that pathogen
(no two students will be researching the same disease). BE CREATIVE and have fun!
It is the last quarter project of the year!
Project Description:
A. Make a wanted poster for one of the pathogens listed on the back. Poster is to be on a regular 8.5” x 11” piece
of paper. A “mug shot” of your pathogen should appear on the front of the poster with a detailed description on
the back (if you need more than one sheet of paper for the description, just staple second sheet to the poster).
The poster should include:
1) “Mug shot” of the suspect (5 points)
a. The photo can be hand drawn or a picture from the internet. If you use a photograph from the
internet/book/magazine/etc.…you MUST cite the picture
2) Description of the suspect (5 points)
a. Is the suspect a bacteria, virus, or parasite? What does it look like? Identify key characteristics that will help someone
identify it.
3) Organism's mode of operation or m.o. (police jargon) (5 points)
a. How does the suspect attack? How does it spread?
4) Most common victims to prey upon (5 points)
5) “Hide out” of the culprit (5 points)
a. Where is the suspect most likely to be found? What body system(s) does the suspect affect?
6) Most common injury done to victim (5 points)
a. What are the symptoms of the victim?
7) Is it considered armed and dangerous? (5 points)
a. Rate the degree of damage caused? Is it lethal?
8) Number of victims, age group most effected, sex most effected, etc… (5 points)
9) Most effective weapons against the suspect (5 points)
a. Treatment for the disease, possible cure for the disease
10) Any other identifying characteristics (such as “tattoos” – cell surface markers, etc.) (5 points)
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PATHOGEN MOST WANTED Poster
List of Usual Suspects
Bacterial Pathogen
Disease Name
Viral Pathogen
Disease Name
Bacillus anthracis
anthrax
Varicella spp.
Chicken Pox
Bordetella pertussis
whooping cough
Vaicella spp.
Small Pox
Clostridium botulinum
botulism
Polio
poliomyelitis
Clostridium perfringens
gas gangrene
Hepatitis A
Clostridium tetani
tetanus
Hepatitis B
Corynebacterium diphtheria
diphtheria
Hepatitis C
HCV
Escherichia coli
acute pyelonephritis
Hantavirus
Francisella tularensis
tularemia or rabbit fever
Ebola
Hantavirus Pulmonary
Syndrome
Hemorrhagic Fever
Hemophilus influenzae
meningitis
Legionella pneumophila
Legionnaires Disease
Lactobacillus acidophilus
cavities
SARS coronavirus
Severe Acute
Respiratory Syndrom
Mycobacterium leprae
leprosy (Hansen's disease) Parasitic Pathogens
Mycobacterium tuberculosis tuberculosis
Disease Name
Plasmodium spp.
Malaria
Trypanosoma spp.
African Sleeping
Sickness
Dum-Dum Fever, kalaazar
perianal pruritus
(pinworm)
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
gonorrhoea
Neisseria meningitidis
spinal menigitis
Rickettsia richettsii
Rocky Mountain Spotted
Fever
Enterobius vermicularis
Rickettsia prowazekii
typhus
Toxoplasma gondii
Salmonella typhi
typhoid fever
Naegleria fowleri
Salmonella typhimurium
food poisoning
Dranuculus medinesis
Shigella dysenteriae
dysentery
Nosopsyllus fasciatus (vector) plague
Streptococcus mutans
cavities
Ixodes spp (vector)
Lymes disease
Streptococcus pneumoniae
pneumonia
Giardia lamblia
Giardia
Streptococcus (group A)
scarlet fever
Tenia spp.
Tapeworm
Streptococcus (group A)
rheumatic fever
Schistosoma spp.
Schistosomiasis
Treponema pallidum
syphilis
Trichinella spp.
Trichinosis
Treponema pertenue
yaws
Fungal Pathogens
Disease Name
Vibrio cholerae
cholera
Ringworm
Dermatophytosis
Yersinia pestis
Plague
Trichophyton rubrum
Athlete’s Foot
Staphylococcus aureus
Staph infections
Leishmania donovani
Meningoencephalitis